Reopen Connecticut Advisory Group

The members of the Reopen Connecticut Advisory Group include:

Main Advisory Group

(Co-Chair) Indra Nooyi: Board co-chair of AdvanceCT; former CEO of PepsiCo
(Co-Chair) Dr. Albert Ko: Professor of epidemiology and medicine and department chair at the Yale School of Public Health
Oni Chukwu: Executive chairman of Aventri
Alex Karnal: Partner and managing director of Deerfield; co-founder and board member of The Institute for Life Changing Medicines
Dr. Mehmood Khan: CEO and board member of Life Biosciences, Inc.
Dr. Harlan Krumholz: Cardiologist and health care researcher at Yale University and Yale New Haven Hospital
Dr. Charles Lee: Scientific director and professor at The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine
David Scheer: President of Scheer & Company; Former chairman of Achillion Pharmaceuticals

Business Committee

(Chair) Oni Chukwu: Executive chairman of Aventri
Joe Brennan: President and CEO of the Connecticut Business and Industry Association
Rodney Butler: Chairman of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation
Peter Denious: President and CEO of AdvanceCT
Howard Hill: Owner of Howard K. Hill Funeral Services
Roberta Hoskie: President and CEO of Outreach Realty Services
Steve Matiatos: President of the Connecticut Lodging Association
Dan Meiser: Chairman of the Connecticut Restaurant Association
John Olsen: President Emeritus of the Connecticut AFL-CIO
Fran Pastore: President and CEO of the Women’s Business Development Council
Timothy Phelan: President of the Connecticut Retail Merchants Association
Meredith Reuben: CEO of EBP Supply Solutions
David Roche: President of the Connecticut Building Trades
Garrett Sheehan: President and CEO of the Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce
Pedro Soto: President and CEO of Hygrade Precision Technologies

Community Committee

(Chair) Dr. Marcella Nunez Smith: Director of the Equity and Innovation Research Center at the Yale School of Medicine
Marie Allen: Executive Director of the Southwestern Connecticut Agency on Aging and Independent Living
Dr. Ken Alleyne: Vice Chair of the Connecticut Health Foundation
Nora Duncan: State Director of Connecticut AARP
Rochelle Palache: Assistant District Leader for SEIU, Local 32BJ
Daria Smith: Executive Director of the Connecticut State Independent Living Council

Education Committee

(Co-Chair) Rick Levin: Former President of Yale University
(Co-Chair) Linda Lorimer: Former Vice President for Global and Strategic Initiatives at Yale University
Rick Branson: Executive Director of the Connecticut Association of Independent Schools
Jan Hochadel: President of AFT Connecticut
Steve Kaplan: President of the University of New Haven
Alice Pritchard: Chief of Staff to the President of Connecticut State Colleges and Universities
Rachel Rubin: Chief of Staff to the President of the University of Connecticut
Jen Widness: President of the Connecticut Conference of Independent Colleges
Donald Williams, Jr.: Executive Director of the Connecticut Education Association

Governor Lamont’s Representatives

Paul Mounds: Chief of Staff for the Office of the Governor
Josh Geballe: Chief Operating Officer for the Office of the Governor and Commissioner of the Department of Administrative Services
Renée Coleman-Mitchell: Commissioner of the Department of Public Health
Dr. Matthew Cartter: State Epidemiologist for the Department of Public Health
Miguel Cardona: Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Education (Also co-chair of the Education Committee)
Beth Bye: Commissioner of the Connecticut Office of Early Childhood (Also member of the Education Committee)
Deidre Gifford: Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Social Services (Also member of the Community Committee)
Amy Porter: Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Aging and Disability Services (Also member of the Community Committee)
Jordan Scheff: Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Developmental Services (Also member of the Community Committee)
David Lehman: Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development (Also member of the Business Committee)